Safety-cabinet



.. AND P. WHLLEE,

SAFE?! CABNET, APPLICATION mic MAR. I3, 1920.

'Patent-ea June 21, 1921.A

INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT old-Fl,cla-fr ABEL MILLER AND IHTLLIi MILLER, oF HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA. Q

SAFETY-CABINET.

- specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1921.

Application led March 13, 1920. Serial No. 365,539.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABEL MILLER and PHILLIP MILLER, citizens of the United States, residin at Harrisonburg, in the county of Roc ingham and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a container for receiving bottles of milk and the like and the principal object of the invention is to provide means for automatically locking the door of the container after the Varticle has been placed therein so that it will be impossible to remove the article without unlocking the door.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the door from being locked as long as the container 1s empty. This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combina-v tion and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and j specilically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing our invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like 0r corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which i Figure 1 is a front viewof the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a cross section.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

In these viewsl indicates a casing, made of any suitable material and of any desired shape. This casing has an opening in its front which is closed by a door 2 which is hinged to the casing and is normally kept closed by the spring 8. The door carries a spring lock 4 which is of any desired type and the latch of which is retracted by a key. The casing is provided with ac false bottom 5 which isnormally` held in spaced relation to the bottom of the casing by the springs 6, said springs being riveted at their centers to the main bottomA and having their ends supporting the false bottom. A channel bar 7 is secured to one side of the casing, adjacent its front, by the flange 8 being riveted, or otherwise secured to said side and this bar is provided with a keeper opening 9 for receiving the latch bolt of the lock and thus lock the door in closed position. However, the latch bolt is prevented from entering said opening when the false bottom is in raised position by reason of the fact that a channel bar 10, slidably mounted in the channel ofthe bar 7 closes said opening and prevents the latch bolt from entering. Thus the door may be opened at any time against the action of its spring. As soon as the milk bottle or other article is placed in the casing its weight will depress the false bottom 5 and as the channel bar 10 has its lower end secured to this false bottom, said bar will be lowered also and its upper end will uncover the keeper opening 9 and permit the latch V,bolt to enter said opening and thus lock the door in closed position. In order to remove the milk bottles from the casing, the door may be opened by a key inserted in the keyhole inthe lock. The rear of the case may be provided with perforated ears 1l for permitting the same to be fastened to a suitable support.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of our invention will be readily apparent.

We desire it to be understood that we may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is 1.'A device of the class described comprising a casing having an entrance opening, a door for said opening, spring means for normally holding the door in closed position, a key operated spring .lock for said door, a member for preventing the bolt vof the lock from engaging its keeper and a spring supported receiving shelf in the casing therein, a key operated spring lock carried by the door and having its bolt adapted to engage said keeper opening, a spring supported false bottom n the casing and a bar article s placed on the false bottom to deconnected therewith and sldablyv mounted press the same. in the channel member With its upper end .In testimony whereof We aTX our signa- 10 normally closing the keeper opening and tures.l Y preventing the locking of the door, sald end Y uncovering ,the keeper opening to permit the Y ABEL MILLER. Y. lock bolt to engage said opening when an' "PHILLIP `MILLER. 

